ECM auf Vinyl 03: Le Pas du Chat noir

“The past isn’t dead. It isn’t even past,” observed William Faulkner – and how true this is of ECM’s back catalogue, an edition of music which remains thoroughly contemporary. Five best selling titles from the 1990s and early 2000s, that were previously only available on CD and through the digital domain, are now available on audiophile vinyl.

LE PAS DU CHAT NOIR
ANOUAR BRAHEM

Release date: 07.06.2019
ECM 1792
Format : CD 2-LP


Hypnotic, magnetic new album by Anouar Brahem which adds a new dimension to our knowledge of this exceptional Tunisian musician. 'Le pas du chat noir' gives the clearest indication yet of the work of Brahem as composer and features a spacious 'chamber music' that resonates with the freshness of improvisation. The instrumentation is unique: oud, piano, accordion. Brahem's writing for this combination is highly evocative, meticulously controlled and sparse. Half of the magic, as he notes, resides in the not-played, in the marvellous mingling of overtones, sounds that rise from the piano to blend with the warm tones of the oud and the breath of the accordion's bellows.

Initially published on CD in September 2002, vinyl is issued in June 2019.
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FEATURED ARTISTS
Anouar Brahem   Oud
François Couturier   Piano

Jean-Louis Matinier   Accordion